Chapter 529: Ah?!

After BP ended, the final lineups of both sides were as follows:

TSM, blue side

ban: Mang Seng, Kennen, Jayce; Varus, Draven

top lane: Hauntzer, Xiao Yu Ren

jungle: Svenskeren, Male Gun

mid lane: Bjergsen, Card

bot lane: WildTurtle, EZ

support: Biofrost, Janna

coach: Parth

VG, red side

ban: Ahri, Shen, Emerald Goddess; Crocodile, Kled

top lane: Flandre, Galio

jungle: Firrrrrre, Vi

mid lane: Easyhoon, Syndra

bot lane: Kryst4l, Little Cannon

support: Caveman, Titan

coach: Loong

Little Cannon is Gangzi's only champion in his regular pool that benefits from attack speed; picking Little Cannon this game was also Gangzi's own idea, and when selecting, the teammates teased him about 'one fish, four eats' or whatever, and coincidentally the enemy also had a Xiao Yu Ren, so for a moment the VG team voice channel was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Gangzi, meanwhile, solemnly declared he would clear his name and prove himself.

To be frank, Little Cannon doesn't really fit VG's lineup; at best it can somewhat synergize with Galio, for example by jumping into a crowd to bring Galio in…

Hmm, this indeed sounds like something the reckless Gangzi would do, especially after joining VG, relying on Liang Yan to have his back, making him even more reckless.

After champion select, on the North America commentary desk, the commentators were constipated-looking.

"I want to know, who are we relying on to initiate teamfights?"

"Xiao Yu Ren, I guess..."

"Card can work."

"The problem is Xiao Yu Ren is the only frontliner—do we have to poke and prod? I'll speak frankly: it's not that I doubt TSM's skill, but... objectively speaking, having TSM poke and prod against VG, do you guys think that's reliable?"

"Sigh..."

"Uh..."

"Alright, sorry, I shouldn't have said that, but honestly I see no strengths in this lineup; it's as abstract as FlashWolves (FW team name full) versus VG in that match—perhaps this is the curse of every team facing VG?"

"After all, there is indeed a gap in strength, so we can only try some weird tricks."

"That's right, I recall the LPL region has a saying that goes..."

"Alright! Enough chatter, the match has begun!"

"Phreak, why are you interrupting me?"

"Well, Jatt, you might not know, but you're definitely a toxic support commentator."

"... Any?"

"Yes, last year at the World Championships you said TSM was a top-four team and presented countless data to prove it, making us believe it. You even shouted during the final moments of TSM's last group stage match, after their base had already been broken:"

"'Ibelieve!"

"'Ibelieve!"

"'Theycandoit!"

"Just like that, until their crystal exploded."

"..."

On the big screen, both sides' heroes had already marched out of the fountain.

This game VG's level‑1 teamfight is terrifying, plus Galio's W flash, Titan's hook, Little Cannon's jump, and Vi also has a strong‑force rushing punch—basically if you catch someone it's a lockdown to death, so VG's five members grouped up and marched straight down, aggressively invading TSM's lower jungle.

But TSM seems to know its lineup can't match VG in a level‑1 teamfight, so it left only a duo to guard the lower half, while Biofrost, seeing the VG main force rush past near the F6 camp, immediately turned and ran, and the remaining upper‑mid‑jungle trio swiftly invaded VG's upper jungle.

TSM simply abandoned the lower half; VG gained nothing from it, Liang Yan communicated with his teammates and simply stayed in TSM's lower half to farm the jungle.

After taking the blue side's red buff, Liang Yan didn't even take F6 and headed straight for mid lane.

At that point, mid lane hadn't even reached level 2.

However, Bjergsen was on guard, his last‑hit positioning always staying near his own jungler Svenskeren in the upper half.

Liang Yan didn't play games either, charging out from the side path, and the moment he entered the enemy's vision he began charging his strong‑force rushing punch.

Bjergsen and Liang Yan were about a thousand yards apart; even if Liang Yan charged his strong‑force rushing punch to the max, he obviously couldn't reach him, and Easyhoon's Syndra was only level 1, hadn't learned Weakening Blast, so he had no crowd control either.

Could he be planning to Q‑flash me?

Bjergsen thought that, and ran all the way up the river.

Svenskeren, who was currently taking F6, knew his fate was tied to mid lane; if Bjergsen's lane got badly crushed, his own situation would suffer too, so he quickly abandoned the jungle monsters and rushed to meet up with Bjergsen.

Liang Yan gave a heh, suddenly changed direction, with a huh, Vi's fist struck the second wave of minions marching up to the front line.

"Ah?"

"Huh?"

"What does that mean?"

"The second wave is already soaking up XP?!"

The commentators all exclaimed in surprise.

Liang Yan's strong‑force rushing punch hit all the minions of the second wave, then he turned and threw another punch, the shockwave of the fist hit all the minions again, and he then ran straight to the enemy side path to block Bjergsen, who planned to loop around from his own jungle back to mid.

Easyhoon cleared the wave in a few moves and also followed over.

Two level‑two players against a level‑two plus a level‑one — VG clearly has the advantage.

"Now Bjergsen is suffering!"

"Mid lane can't return!"

"A big wave of minions is about to be devoured by the turret, TSM is so unlucky!"

"Besides, the top lane is also under Galio's lane pressure; Xiao Yu Ren can't come over to help!"

"This…… what should we do, I feel so awkward!"

"The venue here also erupted—laughter, boos, cheers all mixed together, a tumultuous din, deafeningly noisy."

"However, Liang Yan and Bjergsen have no mortal enmity; he didn't take things to the extreme. Seeing that wave of minions nearly devoured by the turret, he turned and left."

"Bjergsen managed to return to mid lane to farm minions, but on camera his expression looked grim."

"After a moment, Bjergsen saw Easyhoon pull back after clearing the third wave, then signaled to the top lane Xiao Yu Ren, who was pressuring with Graves in the upper half, indicating that Syndra had missed her skill and a possible gank top was coming."

"But in the director's camera view, Easyhoon simply hid behind the river wall and pressed recall."

"Immediately after, the director switched the view to Vi."